Pages - Viewing and Editing Your Document in Full Screen

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Viewing and Editing Your Document in Full Screen

Using full-screen view lets you access controls when you need them, for a simpler view
of your Pages document. When viewing your Pages document in full screen, you can
make detailed and accurate changes as you write.

To edit your document in full-screen view:

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Open a Pages document.

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Choose View > Enter Full Screen, or click the Full Screen button in the Pages toolbar

(looks like two outward-facing arrows).
Document information, such as word and page count, is displayed at the bottom of
the screen.

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Do any of the following:

To display the format bar and menu items, move the pointer to the top of the screen.

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To view the inspector, choose View > Show Inspector.

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To display page thumbnails, move the pointer to the left of the screen.

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To display document scroll bars in Mac OS X v10.6.x (Snow Leopard), move the

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pointer to the right of the document.
In Mac OS X v10.7 (Lion) or later, scroll bars are displayed according to the settings in
your Mac OS X preferences.

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To change the appearance of full-screen view, use the View and Background controls,

which appear on the far right of the format bar.

To exit full-screen view, do any of the following:
Choose View > Exit Full Screen.

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Move the pointer to the top of the screen to display the menu bar, and then click the

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Full Screen button in the top-right corner of the screen.
Press Escape on your keyboard.

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Your document opens in normal view, even if it was saved in full-screen view.